Supply and demand: It’s a deceptively simple notion. It’s one thing to be unable to get products in customers’ hands because demand is so high. It’s another to be unable supply products because your factory can’t churn out enough product.

An employee of China-based Foxconn Technology Group attempted to kill himself Thursday, becoming the companyâ€™s 13th worker to commit or attempt to commit suicide this year, China state media reported.